미용요법 프로그램이 중년여성의 우울증 및 스트레스에 미치는 효과

Abstract

The purpose of my article is to analyze and ascertain the influence that beauty therapy program has an effect on depression and stress of middle-aged women. This paper thus attempts to form a theoretical and empirical basis about beauty therapy program field to deal the problem of depression and stress of middle-aged women who has been come into question in contemporary society. To sum up the results, the group which carry out the beauty therapy saw that the average of depression declined from 24.33 to 10.87 and the average of stress declined from 133.60 to 116.77. In result, it appeared that this program had positive influence on changes of depression and stress of middle-aged women. Most of the women, specially middle-aged women, use the beauty treatments in their daily lives often. If this program is developed and is applied according to this result, most of middle-aged women will be able to participate in beauty therapy program and they will be able to join in therapy easily and happily. Therefore, the development and application of this program will have an important effect on formation of a theoretical and empirical basis and qualitative improvement of middle-aged women’s life.